This
USGS
site
allows
students
to
access
a
variety
of
streamflow
information.
There
is
an
interactive
map
where
the
user
can
select
streamflow
data
for
selected
stream
gaging
stations
in
the
United
States.
Stations
can
be
selected
in
list
form,
an
interactive
state
map,
or
10
nearest
stations
to
position
selected.
Each
retrieval
form
allows
the
user
to
refine
their
data
search
through
predefined
displays,
...
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This
map
gallery
contains
a
set
of
maps
depicting
water
use
in
the
United
States
for
the
year
2005.
The
maps
are
thematic
in
nature,
with
different
colors
used
to
represent
ranges
of
data
values.
There
are
maps
depicting
usage
for
a
variety
of
purposes:
total
use,
domestic
and
public
supply,
irrigation
and
livestock,
industry
and
mining,
electric
power
generation,
and
aquaculture.
This
is
part
of
...
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The
New
Millennium
Observatory
(NeMO)
is
a
seafloor
observatory
off
the
coast
of
Oregon,
which
studies
the
relationships
between
submarine
volcanic
events
and
the
chemistry
and
distribution
of
hydrothermal
vents
and
the
biologic
communities
that
depend
on
them.
The
research
activities
at
NeMO
provide
an
extraordinary
educational
opportunity,
both
from
the
daily
reports
from
expeditions
at
sea
and
...
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This
site
provides
multiple
access
points
to
all
types
of
El
Nino
data.
It
describes
both
El
Nino
and
La
Nina
conditions,
as
well
as
the
impacts
of
an
El
Nino
event
and
the
benefits
of
El
Nino
prediction.
Through
this
portal
site
one
can
also
find
information
on
current
El
Nino
conditions
and
forecasts,
the
instrumentation
used
in
the
scientific
study
of
this
phenomena,
and
links
to
both
El
Nino
animations
...
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Grade level:
Middle (6-8), High (9-12), College (13-14), College (15-16), Graduate / Professional, General public

The
National
Marine
Sanctuary
Program
identifies,
designates
and
manages
areas
of
the
marine
environment
of
special
national
significance
due
to
their
conservation,
recreational,
ecological,
historical,
research,
educational,
or
aesthetic
qualities.
Access
information
and
pictures
of
marine
sanctuaries
all
over
the
U.S.
and
its
territories.
Discover
ways
to
get
involved
with
the
sanctuary
program,
...
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Students participate in two interactive exercises designed to help the user learn about river processes like discharge, flooding, and flood frequency. Each activity requires a person to make careful observations and measurements, do simple calculations, and answer questions about his or her work. A Certificate of Completion is available for printing at the end of each activity.
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Grade level:
Middle (6-8), High (9-12), College (13-14), College (15-16)

This
United
States
Geological
Survey
site
focuses
on
water
and
its
properties.
The
site
contains
activities
for
teachers
and
students,
along
with
pictures,
data,
maps,
and
an
interactive
center
where
users
can
give
opinions
and
test
their
water
knowledge.
Unique
aspects
of
this
site
include
the
sections
that
contain
student
work
and
a
picture
gallery.
There
are
links
to
other
resources
for
students,
...
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This lesson offers students an introduction to river ecology and the effects of human activity on watersheds. They will learn the basics of river ecology; research how dams affect the environment; and study a specific watershed in the United States. Assessment materials, extension activities, and links to related sites are inlcuded.
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This
lesson
plan
will
help
students
to
understand
that
the
way
a
community
disposes
of
its
wastewater
may
negatively
affect
local
aquatic
habitats,
that
it
is
possible
to
find
wastewater-disposal
methods
that
do
not
pollute,
and
that
both
governments
and
citizens
can
take
action
to
ensure
that
waste
water
will
be
disposed
of
in
a
way
that
is
not
destructive.
As
part
of
the
lesson,
students
will
discuss
...
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This
lesson
plan
provides
instruction
to
teachers
for
creating
a
glacier
in
the
classroom
to
demonstrate
how
glaciation
affects
landforms.
Learning
objectives
include
student
understanding
that
as
glaciers
move,
they
create
a
variety
of
patterns
on
landforms
by
a
process
called
glacial
scraping,
that
the
scraping
patterns
left
by
a
glacier
depend
on
how
the
glacier
moved
over
the
landform,
and
that
...
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